報徳

Japanese
Kanji in this term
報 徳
ほう
Grade: 5		 とく
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
報德 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほーとく [hòótókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːto̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

報(ほう)徳(とく) • (hōtoku) ←ほうとく (foutoku)?

  1. returning a virtuous deed

Proper noun

報(ほう)徳(とく) • (Hōtoku) ←ほうとく (foutoku)?

  1. (only in compounds) a way of life proposed by Ninomiya Sontoku (clarification of this definition is needed)
    報徳教(ほうとくきょう)／報徳仕法(ほうとくしほう)／報徳思想(ほうとくしそう)／報徳主義(ほうとくしゅぎ)
    hōtokukyō/hōtoku shihō/hōtoku shisō/hōtoku shugi
    (please add an English translation of this example)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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